Begins at US 19-23 above Candler and ends at the Blue Ridge Parkway near Mt. Pisgah, all within Buncombe County.

Towns and Attractions:

Buncombe Co: Candler, Blue Ridge Pkwy

History:

NC 151 was born in 1963 as a renumbering of NC 112, running the way it does now.

NC 112 up to the Parkway
1960 Official

NC 151 replaces NC 112
1968 Official

The first NC 151 was born in 1925, running from NC 15 (now Cabarrus Ave) Concord southeast to NC 20 (now Charlotte Ave) near Monroe
In 1929, NC 151 was extended through Monroe with US 74/NC 20, then southeast as new routing to the South Carolina line where the road continued as SC 35 to Darlington, SC.
Between 1931-36, NC 151 north was truncated to a rerouted US 29 Wilshire Ave.
Around 1951, NC 151 was renumbered as US 601.